St. Ignatius students take to the street to speak against crime

While thousands participated in the census, hundreds backed up traffic on Albert Street this afternoon as Saint Ignatius students took to the streets in a march for peace. The rallying cry by the entire student body was to end the rampant crime and violence destroying families and communities. Instead, the youngsters are asking the public to choose positive alternatives in life. News Five met the school’s vice principal in the parade and asked about their message to society.

Mario Rodriguez, Vice Principal, St. Ignatius Primary School
“We’re having a March for peace under the theme “Choose Positive Alternatives; Stop Crime and Let Live”. All the students and teachers of St. Ignatius School, A list education week. This is our community service, our part of the community service to community of Belize and we want to make sure that this country becomes a safer place. What we’re displaying is a number of positive alternatives that people can take to stay away from crime. Some of them you see displayed today are sports, education activities, involvement in religious activities and other things that we call expressive arts such as dance, music.”

Delahnie Bain
“Why you choose fi come out yah todeh?”

Student #1
“Fi mek di people dehn stop di crime and violence.”

Student #2
“I come fi stop all di violence and mek everybody stop killing each other.”

Student #3
“We di march cause we want stop dis violence inna Belize mein. Just stop it.”
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